Why Andi Dorfman Says Freezing Her Eggs Kept Her From Settling

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Bachelorette Alum Andi Dorfman Is ENGAGED!

Andi Dorfman's aboriginal is looking rosy.

The Bachelorette alum is running the United Airlines NYC Half Marathon connected March 19, she's marrying fiancé Blaine Hart in May and they're building a location successful South Carolina. And 1 day, she'd similar that location to see children.

Having kids is thing Andi has agelong wanted. However, she wasn't ever definite astir the timing during her azygous years. So earlier she turned 30, she decided to frost her eggs. And portion it wasn't thing she'd initially envisioned, Andi is truthful gladsome she did it. 

"I person zero regrets astir freezing my eggs," the world star, 35, exclusively told E! News portion promoting the fractional marathon. "I'm really ace blessed I did it due to the fact that I deliberation successful hindsight—even though I didn't consciousness it astatine the time—I look backmost and I cognize that it kept maine from settling."

As Andi noted successful her 2018 book Single State of Mind, wherever she elaborate the process, she'd ever pictured herself joined with kids by 30. However, life had different plans, and she knew she wanted to person children astatine a constituent successful her beingness that was best for her—with oregon without a partner. As a result, freezing her eggs became the close enactment for her.

"I bash privation kids, and I'm not successful denial astir age," Andi continued to E!. "And I'll beryllium 36 hopefully by the clip my archetypal kid is adjacent born, astir apt 37 honestly. And conscionable to person that successful the backmost of my mind, I deliberation kept my standards high."

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Nearly a decennary ago, fans watched Andi's journey to find emotion unfold on The Bachelor, wherever she appeared on Juan Pablo Galavis' play successful 2014 earlier handing retired the roses on The Bachelorette later that year. While she got engaged to Josh Murray on her season, they announced their divided successful 2015.

Andi recovered her happily-ever-after with Blaine years later, but she archetypal had to find it wrong herself—as she noted successful a March 1 Instagram post successful which she reflected connected her beingness astatine 34 and azygous and shared a photograph of herself smiling from receptor to ear.

And she wants others to make their ain happiness, too.

"You get to power your ain happiness, and it's OK to beryllium happy," Andi told E!. "You don't person to look astatine nine and say, 'Oh gosh, I'm 34 and single. Should I not beryllium happy?' And that representation to maine summed that each up. I was like, 'I didn't consciousness atrocious astir being single. I really felt large and empowered.'"

As the best-selling author aboriginal added, "Just bash you, conscionable beryllium happy. Like, that successful itself is simply a hard capable task to marque yourself happy. So, don't interest astir what nine deems arsenic happiness—especially erstwhile it comes to your narration status." 

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Ultimately, contempt the ups and downs, Andi noted successful her station that she "wouldn't alteration my path/timing for the world." So adjacent connected days that don't consciousness similar a furniture of roses, she wants fans to support this proposal successful mind. 

"I lived that beingness of being single, and don't get maine wrong, it's not ever easy," she shared with E!. "There are times erstwhile you're azygous astatine a wedding and you consciousness bad. But that's OK for yourself to consciousness bad. Don't marque anyone other consciousness atrocious for you oregon astatine you."

The former attorney added, "I look backmost and immoderate of my happiest times were erstwhile I was single, and immoderate of my slightest blessed times were erstwhile I was successful relationships. So inquire yourself that question: erstwhile americium I happiest? And if it's erstwhile you're single, past you haven't been with the close person." 

For Andi, Blaine is that close person. As she revealed successful her post, conscionable 1 period aft that photo was taken, she ran into her aboriginal hubby successful Italy—15 years aft they'd archetypal met. Andi noted to E! that portion of the inspiration for her Instagram connection came after Blaine near a saccharine enactment connected her car. 

"I was like, 'Proof to ne'er settle,'" she said, "'even if it takes you 35 years.'"

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